Display-fixture.



No. 678,688. Patented July I6, l90l. H. G. ROTH.

DISPLAY FlXTURE.

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HENRY G. ROTH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, IVIINNESOTA.

DiSPLAY FiXTURE.

SPEGIFECATION "forming partor" Letters Patent l lo. 678,688, dated July 16, 190i.

' Application filed January 24, 1901. Serial No. 44,552. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. ROTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of I-Iennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to wall display-fixtures especially adapted for use in re tail stores to give to the walls an artistic ap pearance and to afiord a support for various advertisements; and to these ends the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a knockdown fixture constructed in accordance with my in vention, the sections of the same being shown as laid out flat or as nearly fiat as possible. Fig. 2 shows the same sections folded closely, as for shipment. Fig. 3 shows the fixture as set up and secured in working position in the angle between the wall and the ceiling. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are diagrammatic views showing various designs whichmay be formed by the fixture-sections above indicated. Fig. 8 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2, but showing much thinner plates connected by flexible hin ge-joints. Fig. 9 illustrates a 1nodi fied form of the fixture, the same being shown in side elevation. Fig. 10 is a similar view of the fixture shown in Fig. 9, but showing the sameas folded. Fig. 11 is a detail in plan, showing the form of hinge used to connect the plates. Fig. 12 is a section on the line {U12 to of Fig. 11; and Fig. 13 is a plan View of the lower section of the fixture illus trated in Fig. 9, some parts being broken away.

In the fixture here illustrated the sections are connected by hinge-joints, and each section comprises several curved plates, which are bent on such lines that they are adapted to closely fit when folded.

The fixture illustrated in Fig. 3 is made up of three curved plates at and two fiat plates at and a which plates are connected at their edges by hinged joints (1, In the construction illustrated in Fig. 8 these hinge-joints are assumed to be formed by strips of canvas or other flexible material, while in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 ordinary metallic hinge-joints are employed. In the said views, however, the metal material from which the plates are formed is shown as much thicker than would actually be employed, and the hinge-joints are consequently shown as larger than would be required. In practice the plates would fold much more closely than shown in Fig. 2, and with the canvas or flexible hinges shown in Fig. 8 the curved plates would fold close together. The part ta which is in the nature of a brace, need not be in the form of a plate, but may be in the form of a bar or rod. At its free end it is provided with a hook a which cooperates with a detent a secured on the concave surface of the nearest of the three curved plates a. When the fixture is formed as shown in Fig. 3, it may be detachably secured to the wall by nails 12, and the hook a of the brace a by engagement with the detent a holds the intermediate portion of the exposed section of the fixture against outwardly or inwardly bulging movements.

The connected series of plates indicated in Figs. 1 to 3 may be used in a great many different ways to form fixtures of various designs. Several of these designs are indicated in Figs. 4 to 7, inclusive, wherein the manner of securing the same by means of the nails Z) is made obvious. Of course instead of nails other devices, such as screws or hooks,- may be employed.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 9 to 13, inclusive, the curved plates f are connected by hinge-jointf, afforded by strips. of cairvas secured to the adjacent edges of said plates. These plates f have the same curve, so that they are adapted to be folded together, as shown in Fig. 10. The lower plate f is formed as a part of a box-like section f the top of which is left open, as shown in Fig. 13. One or more nails or similar devices I), driven through the back of the box f serve to detacinably support the fixture in position on the wa l.

The upper curved plate f has rigidly formed or secured angular sides or end plates f to which supplemental leaves or side plates f are connected by the same kind of hingejoints f. (Indicated in Figs. 11 and 12.)

Vhen the fixture is placed in Working position, as indicated in Fig. 9, the ends of the box f together with the plates f and f lie flush and inclose the ends of the fixture-section. When the fixture is folded up, as indicated in Fig. 10, the leaves of folding plates f are "folded against the back of the upper section formed by the plates f and f and the folded fixture then has a rectangular box-like form.

It will of course be understood that 1nodifications other than those above indicated may be made within the scope of my invention. It Will also be understood that the so-called plates may be formed of various materials, such as metal, cardboard, or wire woven screen.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot the United States, is as follows:

1. A knockdown wall display-fixture, comprising a plurality of curved plates connected by hinges at their adjacent edges, and adapt ed to be closely folded, substantially as described.

2. A knockdown Wall display-fixture comprising a plurality of plates connected by hinges at their adjoining edges, and adapted to be secured in different relative positions, to produce various configurations.

3. A knockdown wall display-fixture having curved display plates or sections of approximately the same curves, adapted to closely fit when the fixture is knocked down, substantially as described.

4. A knockdown Wall display-fixture, having curved display plates or sections adapted to closely fit When'folded, which plates or sec tions are connected by hinges at their adjoining edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY G. ROTH.

YVitnesses:

MABEL M. MGGRORY, F. D. MERCHANT. 

